During a meeting that has audio conferencing, the meeting room owner and managers can mute and unmute all participants or individuals.

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In many meetings, participants can also mute and unmute themselves.

For lecture-style meetings, all participants, except for the meeting room owner and managers, are automatically put in listen-only mode when they join the meeting. They do not have call controls and cannot unmute themselves. After they join the audio conference, participants can send the meeting room owner a request to speak.

If you are the meeting room owner or a manager, do one of the following actions:

To mute or unmute all participants' audio except for you, in the Audio Conferencing area of the meeting room, click More -> Moderator Controls -> Mute All or More -> Moderator Controls -> Unmute All.

To mute or unmute all participants' audio except for you, in the Voice and Video area of the meeting room, click More -> Moderator Controls -> Mute All or More -> Moderator Controls -> Unmute All.

To mute or unmute an individual, in the Participant list, click the connection status for a participant, such as , and then click Mute or Unmute .

If you are a participant, do one of the following actions, depending on the type of meeting you are attending:

Click to mute your audio so no one can hear you or the Unmute Call icon to unmute your audio so everyone in the meeting can hear you.

In a lecture-style meeting, click the Request to Speak icon . The meeting room moderator is alerted that you want to speak. After you are given permission to speak, displays, and you can speak.

Click to mute your audio so no one can hear you or click to unmute your audio so everyone in the meeting can hear you.

In a lecture-style meeting, click -> Request to Speak. The meeting room moderator is alerted that you want to speak. After you are given permission to speak, displays, and you can speak.